I like Rincey Reads. I stumbled across her page when I reviewed Akata Witch. Her videos are professionally done, she has quirky music, and she reviews diverse books. I also like how she does book unboxing videos, as well. Here are some of my favorite videos by Rincey Reads. Be…

If you're a writer, you need this book. The Emotion Thesaurus lists emotions and gives a definition of the emotion plus physical signals, internal sensations, mental responses, cues of the long-term or acute, and cues of the suppressed traits of the listed emotion. After the cues of the long-term or…

Notes I highly recommend this book for anyone who wants to be introduced to Langston Hughes' work or to re-visit some of your Hughes’ favorites. It’s such a delight to read his blues-influenced lyrical cadence and his questioning of black respectability politics. His work observed and spoke to race relations…

Notes What I love best about this collection of poetry is Nikki’s unapologetically salute to being a young black person. NIkki Giovanni, my fellow Fiskite, breaks down the young black person’s experience in America and the beautiful, ugly realities that can come with that experience. She even shouts out Tupac…